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Boris Johnson has pledged his support for the Northern Powerhouse and for further devolution deals, alongside announcing the creation of a new growth body with powers to bring together major organisations in the region.
Giving a speech in Soutmore >

Government has pledged £62m funding to improve flood defences across England, with more than 9,000 homes set to benefit from the improvements.
Environment secretary Theresa Villiers announced the new round of investment into flood defencmore >

A public sector pension fund in the county of Dorset has risen to a value of £3bn for the first time, having seen a 5% rise from the start of the previous financial year.
The Dorset County Pension Fund serves more than 71,000 public sectmore >

With the new Sheffield City Region Integrated Rail Plan joining the region's official Transport Strategy this summer, Dan Jarvis, mayor of Sheffield City Region, discusses his exciting plans for transforming transport in South Yorkshire.

Mark O’Reilly, project director at Bolton College of Medical Sciences (BCMS), discusses how the local partnership is setting out to train the next generation with the use of a new £30m vocational training centre.

Debbie Rayfield, corporate apprenticeship manager at Sefton Council, discusses her role within the council’s Apprenticeship Team and the challenges that can be faced meeting the targets of the Apprenticeship Levy.

Simon Tse, chief executive of the Crown Commercial Service, discusses how the biggest public procurement organisation in the UK is changing.
For some time the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), the trading fund of the Cabinet Office, rightly focused...

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Boris Johnson has pledged his support for the Northern Powerhouse and for further devolution deals, alongside announcing the creation of a new growth body with powers to bring together major organismore >

Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside councils are set to submit their plan to tackle the air quality of the region following government direction. Cabinet meetings are to be held this month in ormore >

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In February this year, official Northern Powerhouse Partner, Cognitive Publishing, delivered EvoNorth 2019. The two day event was designed to amplify and highlight future developments the region has to offer - uniting leaders responsible for fuelling the Northern Powerhouse agenda, includingmore >